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Iran: Twitter, Cyberwarfare and Opposition Movements
Jun 16, 2009 | 21:23 GMT

An Iranian woman takes pictures from the balcony of Tehran's Milad telecommunications tower
BEHROUZ MEHRI/AFP/Getty Image
Summary
New online social networking tools like Twitter and Facebook have been an important part of developing events in Iran in the wake of the disputed presidential election. The opposition movement has successfully leveraged these and other tools to further its own goals, with implications far beyond Tehran.
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